Healthcare Innovation March 27, 2025
‘People absolutely hate the word value; it makes them think of bargain brands,’ says Natalie Davis, CEO of United States of Care
How should health systems and insurers talk to policymakers, patients and plan members about the concept of value-based care? That was one of the questions addressed by a recent panel discussion hosted by the Duke Margolis Institute of Health Policy.
Kevin Larsen, M.D., senior vice president of clinical innovation at Optum, and a former senior health IT advisor at HHS, said he got a lot of practice at this when he was explaining to clinicians why the Meaningful Use program’s interoperability efforts were important. “I believe that the future is already here; it just isn’t scaled,” Larsen said,...